Paint With All the Colors of the Blue Corn Moon

Excuse my Pocahontas reference in the title. I just got back from frolicking in the woods and leaping off of waterfalls.

Anyway, in addition to being a design feign, I’m an English
major. Being an English major means that
we read…a lot… all the time, really.
Last semester, in a Literature class, my professor assigned a Tennessee
Williams book called Night of the
Iguana. Good read, if you’re
looking for one. While reading this book, we did all the classic
English major things like pick it apart for symbols, hidden meaning,
personification, etc. The major thing I
remember from analyzing the book is that white is the color of sterility,
insanity and fear.

That symbolism leads me to this question: why why why do
people insist on designing rooms in a monochromatic white palette? This is not a color scheme, folks. This is the ultimate absence of anything
interesting to look at. To be completely
honest with you (we’re at that level, right?), I feel like I’m in some sort of
asylum or institution when I find myself surrounded by all white décor.

I get it, though.
Different strokes for different folks, or in this case, no strokes for
some folks.

The thing about design is that everyone does it different,
they have different preferences and different visions for their end
result. White is classic and simple,
refreshing and clean; people gravitate to the things that make them
comfortable. For some, that’s white. For
me, it’s not. I actually have a deep affinity
for the color purple (not Oprah’s 1985 flick) so if someone decorated a room in
floor to ceiling purple, I’d be a happy girl.

So what do you like? What color could you see every single day and not get sick of looking at? It's a very personal choice and requires a fair amount of contemplation. You don't want to end up with the wrong shade of the perfect color, so keep in mind that a purple wall with a warm undertone will look vastly different than one with a cool undertone! Your design ideas are made successful by paying attention to the details!